1934 New York Giants (MLB) season

1934 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Stoneham
Manager(s)	Bill Terry
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The 1934 New York Giants season was the franchise's 52nd season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 93-60 record, 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	95	58	--	.621
New York Giants	93	60	2	.608
Chicago Cubs	86	65	8	.570
Boston Braves	78	73	16	.517
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	76	19.5	.493
Brooklyn Dodgers	61	81	23.5	.467
Philadelphia Phillies	56	93	37	.376
Cincinnati Reds	52	99	42	.344

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	16–6–1	12–10	15–7	7–15	14–8	9–11	5–16
Brooklyn	6–16–1	—	8–12	13–9	8–14	13–9	16–6	7–15
Chicago	10–12	12–8	—	14–8	11–10	13–9	14–8–1	12–10
Cincinnati	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	6–16	9–10	7–15	6–16–1
New York	15–7	14–8	10–11	16–6	—	15–7	14–8	9–13
Philadelphia	8–14	9–13	9–13	10–9	7–15	—	7–13	6–16
Pittsburgh	11–9	6–16	8–14–1	15–7	8–14	13–7	—	13–9
St. Louis	16–5	15–7	10–12	16–6–1	13–9	16–6	9–13	—

Roster

1934 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 15 Hi Bell 19 Joe Bowman 14,33 Slick Castleman 28 Watty Clark 12 Freddie Fitzsimmons 11 Carl Hubbell 20 Dolf Luque 18 Roy Parmelee 25,28 Jack Salveson 17 Hal Schumacher 21 Al Smith		Catchers 10 Harry Danning  8 Gus Mancuso  9 Paul Richards Infielders  6 Hughie Critz 22 George Grantham  5 Travis Jackson 23 Blondy Ryan  3 Bill Terry  7 Johnny Vergez		Outfielders 27 Hank Leiber  1 Jo-Jo Moore 16 Lefty O'Doul  4 Mel Ott 26 Homer Peel  2 George Watkins 22 Phil Weintraub Other batters 24 Fresco Thompson		Manager  3 Bill Terry Coaches 31 Tommy Clarke 32 Frank Snyder

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mancuso, GusGus Mancuso	122	383	94	.245	7	46
1B	Terry, BillBill Terry	153	602	213	.354	8	83
2B	Critz, HughieHughie Critz	137	571	138	.242	6	40
3B	Vergez, JohnnyJohnny Vergez	108	320	64	.200	7	27
SS	Jackson, TravisTravis Jackson	137	523	140	.268	16	101
OF	Ott, MelMel Ott	153	582	190	.326	35	135
OF	Moore, Jo-JoJo-Jo Moore	139	580	192	.331	15	61
OF	Watkins, GeorgeGeorge Watkins	105	296	73	.247	6	33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Richards, PaulPaul Richards	42	75	12	.160	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bowman, JoeJoe Bowman	30	107.1	5	4	3.61	36

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Smith, AlAl Smith	30	3	5	5	4.32	27
Bell, HiHi Bell	22	4	3	6	3.67	9

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Nashville Vols	Southern Association	Chuck Dressen and Lance Richbourg
C	Jacksonville Jax	West Dixie League	Wally Dashiell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville^[1]

Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1934 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference